Words that rhyme with rep

• competitive 0
  adj 1: involving competition or competitiveness; "competitive games"; "to improve one's competitive position" [syn: competitive, competitory] [ant: noncompetitive] 2: subscribing to capitalistic competition [syn: competitive, free-enterprise(a), private-enterprise(a)] 3: showing a fighting disposition; "highly competitive sales representative"; "militant in fighting for better wages for workers"; "his self-assertive and ubiquitous energy" [syn: competitive, militant]
• crepe 0
  n 1: paper with a crinkled texture; usually colored and used for decorations [syn: crepe, crepe paper] 2: small very thin pancake [syn: crape, crepe, French pancake] 3: a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface [syn: crepe, crape] v 1: cover or drape with crape; "crape the mirror" [syn: crape, crepe]
• doorstep 0
  n 1: the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway [syn: doorsill, doorstep, threshold]
• footstep 0
  n 1: the sound of a step of someone walking; "he heard footsteps on the porch" [syn: footfall, footstep, step] 2: the act of taking a step in walking 3: the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig" [syn: footstep, pace, step, stride]
• instep 0
  n 1: the arch of the foot 2: the part of a shoe or stocking that covers the arch of the foot
• julep 0
  n 1: bourbon and sugar and mint over crushed ice [syn: julep, mint julep]
• locative 0
  n 1: the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the place of the state or action denoted by the verb [syn: locative role, locative]
• meditative 0
  adj 1: deeply or seriously thoughtful; "Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man"; [syn: brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative]
• misstep 0
  n 1: an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep" [syn: trip, trip-up, stumble, misstep]
• multiplicative 0
  adj 1: tending or having the power to multiply or increase in number or quantity or degree; "the multiplicative tendency of proportional representation"
• negative 0
  adj 1: characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features; "a negative outlook on life"; "a colorless negative personality"; "a negative evaluation"; "a negative reaction to an advertising campaign" [ant: neutral, positive] 2: expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial [ant: affirmative, affirmatory] 3: having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant; "ran a negative campaign"; "delinquents retarded by their negative outlook on life" 4: not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition; "the HIV test was negative" [syn: negative, disconfirming] [ant: confirming, positive] 5: reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive; "negative interest rates" [ant: positive] 6: less than zero; "a negative number" 7: designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions; "negative criticism" [syn: damaging, negative] 8: having a negative charge; "electrons are negative" [syn: negative, electronegative, negatively charged] 9: involving disadvantage or harm; "minus (or negative) factors" [syn: minus, negative] n 1: a reply of denial; "he answered in the negative" [ant: affirmative] 2: a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed v 1: vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill" [syn: veto, blackball, negative]
• overstep 0
  v 1: pass beyond (limits or boundaries) [syn: transgress, trespass, overstep] 2: be superior or better than some standard; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year" [syn: exceed, transcend, overstep, pass, go past, top]
• pep 0
  n 1: liveliness and energy; "this tonic is guaranteed to give you more pep" [syn: pep, peppiness, ginger]
• predicative 0
  adj 1: of adjectives; relating to or occurring within the predicate of a sentence; "`red' is a predicative adjective in `the apple is red'" [ant: attributive, prenominal]
• prerogative 0
  n 1: a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right); "suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males" [syn: prerogative, privilege, perquisite, exclusive right]
• preventative 0
  adj 1: tending to prevent or hinder [syn: preventive, preventative] [ant: permissive] 2: preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug" [syn: preventive, preventative, prophylactic] n 1: remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives" [syn: preventive, preventative, prophylactic] 2: any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome [syn: hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference] 3: an agent or device intended to prevent conception [syn: contraceptive, preventive, preventative, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, birth control device]
• probative 0
  adj 1: tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation; "evidence should only be excluded if its probative value was outweighed by its prejudicial effect" [syn: probative, probatory]
• prohibitive 0
  adj 1: tending to discourage (especially of prices); "the price was prohibitive" [syn: prohibitive, prohibitory]
• provocative 0
  adj 1: serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy; "a provocative remark"; "a provocative smile"; "provocative Irish tunes which...compel the hearers to dance"- Anthony Trollope [ant: unprovocative, unprovoking] 2: exciting sexual desire; "her gestures and postures became more wanton and provocative"
• purgative 0
  adj 1: strongly laxative [syn: cathartic, evacuant, purgative] n 1: a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels [syn: purgative, cathartic, physic, aperient]
• putative 0
  adj 1: purported; commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds; "the foundling's putative father"; "the putative author of the book"
• quickstep 0
  n 1: military march accompanying quick time 2: a ballroom dance with both quick and slow steps v 1: perform a quickstep
• rehabilitative 0
  adj 1: designed to accomplish rehabilitation; "from a penal to a rehabilitative philosophy"- J.B.Costello; "rehabilitative treatment" [ant: punitive, punitory] 2: helping to restore to good condition; "reconstructive surgery"; "rehabilitative exercises" [syn: reconstructive, rehabilitative]
• repetitive 0
  adj 1: repetitive and persistent; "the bluejay's insistent cry" [syn: insistent, repetitive] 2: characterized by repetition; "repetitive movement" [syn: repetitive, repetitious] [ant: nonrepetitive]
• representative 0
  adj 1: serving to represent or typify; "representative moviegoers"; "a representative modern play" 2: standing for something else; "the bald eagle is representative of the United States" [ant: nonrepresentative, unsymbolic] 3: being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives; "representative government as defined by Abraham Lincoln is government of the people, by the people, for the people" n 1: a person who represents others 2: an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government" [syn: spokesperson, interpreter, representative, voice] 3: a member of the United States House of Representatives [syn: congressman, congresswoman, representative] 4: an item of information that is typical of a class or group; "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10" [syn: example, illustration, instance, representative]
• sedative 0
  adj 1: tending to soothe or tranquilize; "valium has a tranquilizing effect"; "took a hot drink with sedative properties before going to bed" [syn: ataractic, ataraxic, sedative, tranquilizing, tranquillizing, tranquilising, tranquillising] n 1: a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person [syn: sedative, sedative drug, depressant, downer]
• sidestep 0
  n 1: a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing) v 1: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" [syn: hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep]
• step 0
  n 1: any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal; "the situation called for strong measures"; "the police took steps to reduce crime" [syn: measure, step] 2: the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig" [syn: footstep, pace, step, stride] 3: the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down; "he walked with unsteady steps" 4: support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway; "he paused on the bottom step" [syn: step, stair] 5: relative position in a graded series; "always a step behind"; "subtle gradations in color"; "keep in step with the fashions" [syn: gradation, step] 6: a short distance; "it's only a step to the drugstore" [syn: step, stone's throw] 7: the sound of a step of someone walking; "he heard footsteps on the porch" [syn: footfall, footstep, step] 8: a musical interval of two semitones [syn: tone, whole tone, step, whole step] 9: a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface; "the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window" [syn: footprint, footmark, step] 10: a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed 11: a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance; "he taught them the waltz step" [syn: dance step, step] v 1: shift or move by taking a step; "step back" 2: put down or press the foot, place the foot; "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread"; "step on the brake" [syn: step, tread] 3: cause (a computer) to execute a single command 4: treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead" [syn: mistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill-use, step, ill-treat] 5: furnish with steps; "The architect wants to step the terrace" 6: move with one's feet in a specific manner; "step lively" 7: walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner; "step over to the blackboard" 8: place (a ship's mast) in its step 9: measure (distances) by pacing; "step off ten yards" [syn: pace, step] 10: move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation; "She stepped into a life of luxury"; "he won't step into his father's footsteps"
• steppe 0
  n 1: extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia)
• uncompetitive 0
  adj 1: not inclined to compete
• repp 0
  n 1: a fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs [syn: rep, repp]
• skep 0
  n 1: a large round wicker basket (used on farms) 2: a domed beehive made of twisted straw
• strep 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or caused by streptococci [syn: streptococcal, streptococcic, strep] n 1: spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis [syn: streptococcus, streptococci, strep]
• irritative 0
  adj 1: (used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite; "an irritative agent" [syn: irritating, irritative]
• schlep 0
  n 1: (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person [syn: schlepper, shlepper, schlep, shlep] 2: a tedious or difficult journey [syn: schlep, shlep] v 1: pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance; "Can you shlep this bag of potatoes upstairs?"; "She pulled along a large trunk" [syn: shlep, schlep, pull along]
• siccative 0
  n 1: a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture) [syn: desiccant, drying agent, drier, siccative]
• precative 0
  adj 1: expressing entreaty or supplication; "precatory overtures" [syn: precatory, precative]
• anticompetitive 0
• demirep 0
• misrepresentative 0
• nuncupative 0
• participative 0
• portative 0
• reduplicative 0
• yep 0
• dep 0
• epp 0
• kleppe 0
• schlepp 0
• boztepe 0
• dieppe 0
• outstep 0
• irrigative 0
• perturbative 0
• presentative 0
• salep 0
• amenhotep 0
• imhotep 0

See also rep definition and rep synonyms